Burning Brush

We finally got the clearance from the local fire department to allow us to start burning some of our accumulated brush piles around the golf course from the removal of dead trees. As you can see from the picture below we had a pretty good looking fire going this morning. Also this morning we are out putting down our last green spray application of the year. We are applying our last pre-emergent product to help with poa annua germination and are applying a product that will help keep our greens hydrated during the cold windy winter weather. It looks like we are going to get some much needed rainfall over the the next day or two, which will really help out the dry conditions that we are dealing with right now. #14 fairway drainage project was finally completed this week. Just in time before a big rain storm. Like I have been saying this should really help this area to drain and be a more consistent playing surface. During this upcoming stretch of warmer weather we are going to start redoing the bunkers on #5 green. We are going to install the new bunker liner that we used last year along with new sand. This will help us on our plan of getting our bunkers more consistent and create better playing surfaces. It will also help us during big rain events as the liner helps hold the sand in place and doesn't allow it to do a lot of washing out. This eliminates a lot of time for my staff when we are repairing them after the storms. Have a great week!